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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Frenches Ravine. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Frenches Ravine to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Frenches Ravine, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Frenches Ravine (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Frenches Ravine. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Frenches Ravine is historic, it would have been located within present day Yuba County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yuba County: Butte, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra & Sutter.

Below are the counties that are near Frenches Ravine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frenches Ravine:

  • Yuba County     (The home county of Frenches Ravine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frenches Ravine, with the one closest to Frenches Ravine listed first.
    • Dobbins
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Oregon House
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullards Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foster Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
    • Smartville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
    • Brownsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Challenge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Rackerby
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Loma Rica
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
    • Camptonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Browns Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frenches Ravine, with the one closest to Frenches Ravine listed first.
    • Bangor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Evansville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evansville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
      • Evansville is located in Butte County
    • Robinson Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
      • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
    • Clipper Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Forbestown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Oroleve
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
    • Honcut
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Feather Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumpkin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
    • Palermo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • South Fork ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
      • South Fork is located in Butte County
    • Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bidwell Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell Bar
      • Bidwell Bar is located in Butte County
    • Bidwell ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bidwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
      • Bidwell is located in Butte County
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frenches Ravine, with the one closest to Frenches Ravine listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
    • Birchville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
    • North San Juan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Wildwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
    • Bitney Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
    • Newtown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
    • Rough and Ready
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Penn Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Nevada City Rancheria
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nevada City Rancheria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City Rancheria
      • Nevada City Rancheria is located in Nevada County
    • The Oaks
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
    • Glenbrook
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
    • Gold Flat
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
      • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
    • Grass Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frenches Ravine, with the one closest to Frenches Ravine listed first.
    • Chicago Park ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chicago Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
      • Chicago Park is located in Placer County
    • Colfax
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gold Run
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Secret Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Secret Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
      • Secret Town is located in Placer County
    • Dutch Flat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Alta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Iowa Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Weimar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Casa Loma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
      • Casa Loma is located in Placer County
    • Applegate
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Vista
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sheridan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Clipper Gap
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frenches Ravine, with the one closest to Frenches Ravine listed first.
    • La Porte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Grass Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
      • Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frenches Ravine, with the one closest to Frenches Ravine listed first.
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandy City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
    • Alleghany
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
    • Goodyears Bar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Downieville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Queen City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frenches Ravine, with the one closest to Frenches Ravine listed first.
    • Live Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Yuba City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bogue
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
    • South Yuba City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Yuba City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
    • Tierra Buena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Buena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
    • Rio Oso
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frenches Ravine, see our County-by-County Page for Frenches Ravine.

Newspapers Published in Frenches Ravine ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frenches Ravine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frenches Ravine, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frenches Ravine.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Frenches Ravine:

Cemeteries Near Frenches Ravine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frenches Ravine.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frenches Ravine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frenches Ravine, with the one closest to Frenches Ravine listed first.

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rough & Ready Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rough & Ready Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rough & Ready Cemetery
  • Smartville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smartville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smartville Cemetery
  • McGanney Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
  • Peoria Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peoria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peoria Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Grass Valley.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Elm Ridge Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elm Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elm Ridge Cemetery
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Brownsville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Brownsville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...
    • Deer Creek Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Deer Creek Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Nevada City.
      • The Deer Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
      • New Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deer Creek Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400769 <6>
    • Forest View Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Frenches Ravine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frenches Ravine.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Frenches Ravine, with the one closest to Frenches Ravine listed first.

  • Dobbins
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Oregon House
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sweetland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
    • Sweetland is located in Nevada County
  • North San Juan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rough and Ready
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullards Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
    • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
  • Smartville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenbrook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
  • Nevada City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Brownsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Union Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
  • North Columbia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
    • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frenches Ravine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frenches Ravine.

The official website for Yuba County: www.co.yuba.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Frenches Ravine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Frenches Ravine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Frenches Ravine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3207, Longitude: -121.2033       In this case, the coordinates for Frenches Ravine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.




 

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